Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1914 — Fires No License For Rapid Driving of Autos. [ARTICLE]

Fires No License For Rapid Driving of Autos.

The blowing of the fire whistle usually causes a number of auto owners to rush toward the scene of the fire at a speed that is very dangerous to persons, especially children, who always start toward the fires. Many car drivers who are ordinarily very careful seem to consider the fire whistle as a license to break all speed regulations. This is not the case and the person who does so is just as liable as under any other occasion. The excitement of a fire is intense and children take down the middle of the streets to dash across them, while the din of noise, made by the whistle, the fire engine, many automobiles and persons calling out makes it almost impossible to distinguish the noise of an approaching car. Children are thinking only of getting near the fire or in some position where they can see the fire team run. One ear narrowly missed two little boys Tuesday evening. Persons who drive cars should consider that the danger of accident increases with excitement and that it is up to each individually to the careful.

Mrs. Eliza Fielder, mother of Mrs. H. B. Murray and Mrs. William Bennett, returned this morning from a visit of some length with her daughter, Mrs. Webb, in Monon. 1 Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Barley and two children, of Delphi, came over from Delphi by auto today. Mr. Barley is looking after some work which he is doing for several of the new residences that are being erected in Rensselaer this year. Changes in the ladies’ toilet -in the court house, which were made at ithe request of the lady members of the Board of Associated Charities, are now being completed. The improvement is a very commendable one. John E. Reed returned this morning from Loxley, Ala., where he sold his farm of 160 acres for $5,500. Mr. Reed purchased the farm two years ago for $2,000. It is located near the land which George W. Marshall • owns and occupies. Mr. Marshall was back in Jasper county about two weeks ago, visiting old friends and neighbors in Union township. He is well pleased and is prospering in the south. Mr. Reed after selling his farm in Alabama, went to Effingham, 111., where he purchased 90 acres of land, paying S7O per acre for it.

Dr. M. D. Gwin attended a banquet of the alumni of the Indiana School of Medicine at the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis Monday evening, as a guest of the trustees of Indiana University. Dr. John N. Hurty was the toastmaster. One of the prominent speakers was Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, otf New York, president of the Carnegie foundation tfor the advancement of teaching. He spoke of the marked advancement in Indianapolis, saying that it had been equaled at no other place in the United States or Canada. Dr. Charles F. Hoover, of Cleveland, professor of medicine in Western Reserve University, spoke of the advancement which Indiana had made in the study of medicine, admitting that it was two years ahead of Ohio. Governor Ralston and William L. Bryan, president of the university, were also at the banquet «